Patterns eor cutting out the uppers oe boots and shoes



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEi'oE.

W. W. MERRIAM, OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK.

PATTERNS FOR CUTTING OUT THE UPPER/S 0F BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 18,594, dated November 10, 1857.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WV. W. MERRIAM, of Oswego, in the county of Oswegoand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Adjustable Patterns for Measuring and Shaping the Uppers of Shoes andBoots; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- The figures in Section I, represent thepartscomposing the pattern for the uppers of a shoe or gaiter. Thefigures of Section II, represent the parts composing the pattern for aboot leg. The gures in Section III, represent the parts composing thepattern for the uppers of a boot. The iigures in Section IV, representthe parts composing the pattern for the uppers of a boot previous tobeing crimped.

The nature of my invention consists in making my patterns adjustableindependently in different directions, thus aording the means ofadapting said patterns to the various sizes, as well as to variousproportions ,of the same side of the thing or pattern to be cut.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe the construction and operation of each of the abovenamed patterns seriatz'm.

In Section I, of the drawings Figure l, represents the pattern for theuppers of a gaiter. Fig. 2, represents the reversed side of saidpattern; Fig. 3 represents the sliding plates of said pattern in theirmost contracted position; Fig. 4 represents said sliding plates whenextended; Figs. 5 and 6 represent detached views of the sliding plates.

The plates A, and B, of Figs. 1 and 2, represent the outside plates ofthe gaiter pattern which are permanently secured to each other by meansof the rivets a, said plates being kept apart by intervening washerssufficiently to allow a free play of the parts C, D, E, F, Gr, H,between them. The parts C and D, are connected to each other by rivetswhich are secured to part C, and pass through the slots c of plate D,which can thus be run in and out on said rivets. The plate C, isconnected with plate B, by means of rivet el, which passes through slote, of plate B, and with plate A by means of screw j", which passesthrough slot g, of plate A. The plates E and F, are connected to eachother by rivets it and z', which pass through slots le of plate F, therivet z', passing also through slot Z, of the plate B. The operation ofthese plates is as follows: By moving screw f within slot g, the plateC, will be pushed outward as represented in Fig. 4, 1t bemg guided bypins f, and el, which run in their respective slots g, e, the plate C,carrying with it the plate D. By moving the pin m, in its slot o, theplates E, and F, are moved simultaneously outward as represented in Fig.4, they being guided by pins m, a., and z', the pins m and i running inslots 0, and Z, and by lastly moving the pin n within its slot p, theplates F, and D, are pushed in the longitudinal direction of the footthey being operated upon by levers G, H, and guided in their motion bypins b, it, and z', running in their respective slots. Thus it will beseen that the length, width, and height of this pattern can be adjustedseparately and independently of each other, each of these movementsbeing eiected by operating the respective pin f, m, or a, in its slot,and the parts can then be secured to any desired position by tighteningthe screw nuts of said pins or screws, the graduated scales y, and s,serve to facilitate the operation of adjusting the several parts to anydesired position from that shown in Fig. 3, in which the parts arerepresented in their most contracted positions. The mode hereindescribed of operating the various plates independently of each other ismade use of in the patterns hereafter to be described for producing asimilar effect.

In Section II, Fig. 1, represents the pattern of a boot leg. Fig. 2,represents the same pattern exposing the adjustable sliding plates, intheir most contracted positions; Fig. 3, represents the pattern showingthe sliding plates in their most expanded position. This patternconsists of two equally shaped plates, one of which is represented at FFig. l, which are riveted together by means of rivets a, and which aresufficiently dstended by intervening washers to allow free play betweenthem of the sliding plates A, B, O, D, E. The pin 5, of the slide Gr, issunk into the rear side of plate E, Fig. 3, and by moving the slide Grfrom the right to the left pin Z9, is traversed in slot C, carryingplate E, with it while the pins d, of plate E, operate upon the obliqueslots e, of plates B, pushing said plates outward, thereby enlarging thewidth of the pattern. To preserve the shape of the pattern the plates B,have to be moved slightly to the left during their outward motion, andthis is accomplished by pins f, which pass` within the oblique slots g;the plates B, by their outward motion carry with them. the plates D, andC, without imparting to them a klongitudinal motion as said plates areguided by pins h and i playing with their respective slots 7c and Z. Thepin m which slides through slot n, is secured to plate A, and byoperating said pin, the pattern can be elongated, the plate A, carryingwith it the plates D. Thus the width of the pattern can be adjusted byoperating slide G, and the length of the same can be adjusted byoperating pin or screw m, the pattern can be secured to any desiredposition by screw nuts as described above.

The figures in Section III, represent the pattern :for the uppers of aboot when already crimped. Fig. l, represents the pattern in its mostcontracted position; Fig. 2, represents the sliding plates of the' footpart, and Fig. 3, those of the leg part, both in their most contractedposition; Figs. 4 and 5, represent the sliding plates of the :toot andleg part both in their most extended positions, This pattern alsoconsists of two outside plates A and B; of the latter only that part isrepresented in the drawings which shows the working parts; the plates Aand B, are riveted together by rivets a, the plates C,D,E,F, G, havingfree play between them as in the preceding patterns. The pin Z), of theslide I, is secured to plate H, said pin passing through slot c, inplate A, and through slot d, in plate Gr, the other pin f of plate H,passes through slot e, of plate G, by moving slide I, downward, the pinso and f, operating within the oblique parallel grooves d, e, force theplate Gr, outward to the position represented in Fig. 5, therebywidening the leg part of the pattern. The plates G, as it is movedoutward, also moves slightly downward by means of the pin g working inthe oblique grooves L, for the purpose of retaining the relativeposition between the curved end L, and the foot part of the pattern,while the plate F is moved outward simultaneously with the plate G, bymeans of the guide pins z', running in the grooves 7c. The foot portionof this pattern is operated independently of the leg portion by means ofthe slide K, and the pin or screw m. By moving screw m downward in slotO, the plates C and D, are moved downward, they being guided by screw m,and pins p and g, moving within their respective slots r, and s, asrepresented in Fig. 4, the foot can be elongated by sliding pin a,within its groove In section IV, the pattern for the up- Y per of a bootis represented as being spread out, or before being crimped. Fig. 1,represents the pattern in its contracted position, Fig. 2 represents thesliding parts in their contracted positions, and Fig. 3 the same partsin their most extended positions, the two outside plates one of which isrepresented in Fig. l, are riveted together by means of rivets a. Thepin Z9, of the slide H, is secured to plate A, and as said pin is movedin slot c, the plate A, is moved in the longitudinal direction of thepattern eit being guided by pins d, and e, sliding within the grooves fand g. This movement of the plate A causes the plates B, D, E, F, tomove in a transverse direction to the pattern to the `positionrepresented in Fig. 3 by the following arrangement of parts: The pins7L', h, Z, pass respectively through the oblique slots z' and YZz of theplates D, and

.through the slots m and n of the plates E,

thereby driving said plates outward in opposite directions, theybeing'guided in their movement by pins a, 0, and r, passing throughslots g, p, and s. The plates F, are connected with plates E, by pins w,moving in slots and pins y, moving in slots a, and the plates B, areconnected with plates D, by pins a passing through slots b, and thus theplates B, D, E, F, move simultaneously. It will be observed that theslots 7c and m in the plates D, and E, in which the pivots It play arenot parallel; this is for the purpose of moving the plates D, fartherout than the plates E, and by these means to preserve the shape of thepattern at the curve L.

The pivot 0l of the slide N, Fig. 1, is secured to plate C, and byoperating said pivot within groove (e) plate C, is pushed outward, andthe toe end of the pattern is extended, the plates B, being operatedsimultaneously with plate C by their connecting pin g, sliding withinthe grooves m, while the plates B, are guided by pins a', `so as topreserve the shape of the pattern. The pin or screw O', Fig. l, issecured to plate G,

can be operated in such a manner as to prothe several sizes at pleasureWithout regard duce the Various Sizes of patterns, but to the Whole,substantially as herein set 10 Vhat I do claim as new and desire toseforth.

cure by Letters Patent is 5 The method herein described of operating W WMERRIAM' the sliding parts of an extension pattern so Witnesses: as toadjust the same not only to different E. L. WALLACE, sizes, but also tochange the proportions of HENRY LALONDE.

